2002 Česká pojišťovna Cup

2002 Česká Pojišťovna Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic  Sweden
Cities	Zlín Karlstad
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	5–8 September 2002
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per game)
Attendance	21,539 (3,590 per game)
Scoring leader	Radek Duda (5 points)

The 2002 Česká Pojišťovna Cup was played between 5 and 8 September 2002. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky in Zlín, Czech Republic, and one match in Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad, Sweden. The tournament was won by Russia. The tournament was part of 2002–03 Euro Hockey Tour.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	+2	6
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	14	10	+4	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	8	8	0	4
4	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2

All times are local. Zlín – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Karlstad – (Central European Time – UTC+11)

5 September 2002 17:30

Czech Republic

1-3 (0-0, 1-2, 0-1)

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 3,514

Game reference
	Petr Bříza	Goalies	Maksim Sokolov	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Vaclav Cesky Tomas Tomas
	27:01 – Josef Beránek (Michal Sýkora) 1-0 1-1 36:45 – Aleksander Suglobov (Igor Shadilov) 1-2 37:02 – Vladislav Bulin (Sergei Korolyov, Anton But) 1-3 48:55 – Igor Grigorenko (Sergei Zinovyev, Alexander Korolyuk)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	26

5 September 2002 19:00

Sweden

2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Finland

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 6,952

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Anatoliy Sakharov Linesmen: Mikael Ljungqvist Fredrik Carlman
	28:10 – Jörgen Jönsson (Thomas Rhodin) 1-0 45:24 – Pierre Hedin (Thomas Rhodin) 2-0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	32

7 September 2002 13:30

Sweden

1-2 GWS (1-0, 0-0, 0-1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 1,123

Game reference
	Rolf Wanhainen	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov
	01:38 – Daniel Rudslätt (Pär Bäcker) 1-0 1-1 48:33 – Alexander Perezhogin
	Jönsson Davidsson	Shootout	Zinovyev Grigorenko
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	23

7 September 2002 17:30

Finland

2-7 (1-2, 1-2, 0-3)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,700

8 September 2002 13:30

Russia

0-1 OT (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Milan Minar Linesmen: Stanislav Barvir Pavel Blumel
	0-1 60:57 – Timo Pärssinen (Tommi Miettinen)
	33 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	33

8 September 2002 13:30

Czech Republic

6-5 (2-2, 2-3, 2-0)

Sweden

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,900

Game reference
	Petr Bříza	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Mikhail Buturlin Linesmen: Jaromir Blaha Roman Pouzar
	0-1 06:59 – Mika Hannula 07:41 – David Moravec (Richard Kral) 1-1 1-2 10:29 – Niklas Andersson (Magnus Kahnberg, Pär Bäcker) 13:29 – Josef Beránek (Radek Duda, Tomáš Kucharčík) 2-2 2-3 27:09 – Magnus Johansson (Jörgen Jönsson) 2-4 28:13 – Magnus Kahnberg (Pär Bäcker) 30:23 – Radek Duda (Tomáš Kucharčík) (SHG) 3-4 3-5 38:15 – Greger Artursson (Thomas Rhodin) (PP) 38:49 – Jaroslav Balaštík (Marek Židlický) 4-5 43:07 – Petr Kadlec (Josef Beránek) 5-5 46:52 – Radek Duda (Marek Židlický, Michal Sýkora) (PP) 6-5
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	33

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Radek Duda	Czech Republic	3	2	3	5	+5	2	RW
2	Josef Beránek	Czech Republic	3	3	1	4	+5	0	RW
3	Richard Král	Czech Republic	3	1	3	4	+3	0	CE
4	Tomáš Vlasák	Czech Republic	3	2	1	3	+3	0	LW
5	Jaroslav Balaštík	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	+3	2	RW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey^[2]

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Teemu Lassila	Finland	103:25	3	1.74	94.44	0
2	Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	125:00	4	1.92	92.73	0
3	Maksim Sokolov	Russia	185:01	6	1.95	91.78	0
4	Roman Málek	Czech Republic	125:01	5	2.40	88.89	0
5	Niklas Bäckström	Finland	75:50	5	3.96	84.38	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey^[3]

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2002:^[4]

• Best goalkeeper: Maksim Sokolov
• Best defenceman: Ronnie Sundin
• Best forward: Radek Duda

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Maksim Sokolov
• Defence: Denis Grebeshkov, Thomas Rhodin
• Forwards: Aleksander Suglobov, Ivan Nepryaev, Radek Duda